From Here to History

The Vietnam War era is often remembered as the most divisive conflict in US history. In classes across the US students will learn about the draft, the internal divisions in the US over civil rights, imperialism, and the Cold War. Those are all important. Far less often, if at all, will students learn about the individual soldiers who went off to fight in the war.

In this episode, Chris and Jason interview their long time friend Steve Quesinberry. Steve just wrote a book that traces the lives of 23 boys from our local county who went to Vietnam and never came home.  He didn't just tell their war stories, he attempted to tell each individual's life story. And in the process, he demonstrated how large geo-political events in far away places can have lasting impacts on so many anonymous people in small towns all across America. 

Buy the book on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Better-Men-Coweta-Georgia-Vietnam/dp/B0BJ4QSGPZ

We are grateful, as always, to our producer, Nate Davidson

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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still interest and inspire us today. In this episode we reflect on our tour of the Wonders with a few footnotes  to wrap up the trip. Then we take a look at a few modern structures and natural features that are awesome wonders in their own right.  

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It's that time of year when much of the US goes a little crazy with bracket fever: the NCAA tournament. In 2022 we tried our hand at a March Madness of US presidents and this year we're trying a tournament again.  But the 2023 edition will honor Women's History Month by pitting 16 women in a contest for the title most significant, interesting, or influential woman in history (at least according to our unofficial and largely unscientific poll)!

In this episode, Chris, Jason, and their friend Elizabeth introduce the 16 contenders, weigh the matches, and try to predict the outcome.

Special thanks, as always, to our editor and producer, Nate Davidson, who always does a stellar job.

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DISCLAIMER! If you're listening to this episode, first, thank you! But second, this is an early episode. It was recorded and edited when we really didn't know what we were doing. We've gotten a lot better since then so, please, bear with us! We're so glad to have you along.

Hello again everyone! We're so sorry for the long hiatus since our last episode. A few production glitches slowed us down but we're happy to be back.

In this episode, Chris and Jason finish their tour of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.  In Babylon they muse on whether or not those famous Hanging Gardens actually existed while taking in the sights and sounds of one the ancient world's most entrancing cities. Then over at the beautiful island of Rhodes they consider the Colossus, the great statue of Helios in the harbor that only stood for 54 years.

We thank Nate Davidson for producing the episode!

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Music credit Ancient Mystery Waltz by Kevin Macleod

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DISCLAIMER! If you're listening to this episode, first, thank you! But second, this is an early episode. It was recorded and edited when we really didn't know what we were doing and our sound quality was very lacking. We've gotten a lot better at both since then so, please, bear with us! We're so glad to have you along.

In the third of our series on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, we visit Greece and travel west to see the Statue of Zeus at Olympia. From there we go back to Asia Minor and the flourishing city of Ephesus to discuss the Temple of Artemis. Along the way we encounter one king's strange way of scaring suitors away from his daughter, a rodent-infested statue that somehow manages to laugh, a fabled race of warrior women, and an image of Artemis that repels and frightens. 

Alexander the Great, Saint Paul, Marc Antony and even the Virgin Mary all make an appearance in this episode. 

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Music credit Ancient Mystery Waltz by Kevin Macleod.

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In the second of our series on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, we leave the Pyramid at Giza and journey to Anatolia to see one of history's most elaborate vanity projects: the Tomb of Mausolus at Halicarnassus. 

From there we'll go back to Egypt (who planned this trip??) for arguably the most practical and useful of all the seven wonders, The Pharos at Alexandria. 

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As always, thanks to our producer, Grant Weaver.

Music credit Ancient Mystery Waltz, Kevin Macleod

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The Seven wonders of the Ancient World. These were the artistic and architectural achievements of the ancient Mediterranean world that travelers found most impressive and alluring. Some stood for decades, others for centuries, and a few for millennia. Today, only one of the seven still stands. For the other six, we have to lace together imagination, descriptions from ancient writers, and the finds of modern archaeologists to get a picture of what once existed. In this series we are taking a field trip around that world to discuss and imagine the monuments on this storied list. 
 
 In part 1, we briefly overview the seven and how the memory of them came down to us through the centuries. Then we turn our attention to the grandest and most enduring of them all: The Great Pyramid at Giza. 

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Music credit: Ancient Mystery Waltz by Kevin Macleod

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The largest set-piece battle in world history began on July 5, 1943. Chris and Jason wind up their series on the Battle of Kursk by discussing the battle's high points, considering its statistics, and assessing its place in the Second World War. 

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Our sound editor is Grant Weaver and he always deserves thanks

Music credit Ancient Mystery Waltz by Kevin Macleod

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With their wartime fortunes beginning to crumble, Germany needed a resolution on the Eastern Front. They pinned their hopes on Operation Citadel, a pincer and encirclement attack aimed at the Russian town of Kursk. In part 3 of this series, Chris and Jason discuss the planning of Operation Citadel, new German weapons that the High Command hoped would deliver a victory, and some of the people who led on both sides of the conflict. 

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Germany invaded the USSR in June, 1941. In part 2 of our chat about the battle of Kursk, we sprint through the first 2 years on the Eastern Front. We chat about Stalin's blunder in ignoring all the signs of imminent invasion, Eastern Front atrocities, early German success with those big encirclements, Moscow, Stalingrad, and a whole lot more.

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Music credit: Ancient Mystery Waltz by Kevin Macleod

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